0.    INTRODUCTION

       This specification provides the definition of the Sales data
       report message (SLSRPT) to be used in Electronic Data
       Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
       administration, commerce and transport.

1.    SCOPE

1.1   Functional Definition

       A message to enable the transmission of sales data related to
       products or services, such as corresponding location, period,
       product identification, pricing, monetary amount, quantity,
       market sector information, sales parties. It enables the
       recipient to process the information automatically and use it
       for production, planning, marketing, statistical purposes, etc.

1.2   Field of Application

       The Sales data report message may be used for both national and
       international trade. It is based on universal commercial
       practice and is not dependent on the type of business or
       industry.

1.3   Principles

       The message intent is to provide sales information for one or
       more locations for a series of products within a specified time
       period. 
       
       The message is transmitted either from a seller to its supplier
       or from a headquarters, coordination or distribution centre to
       a manufacturer, supplier or a third party, such as a marketing
       institute for statistical analysis. It allows the recipient to
       know for a specific product the: 
       
       - Location of the sale
       - Period in which it was sold
       - Product identification
       - Product selling price, quantity and value of the sales
       - Additional Identification of the products such as promotional
       flags, product group or family identification and internal
       identification numbers
       - Periodical Turnover of a specified location
       - Global specified product sales, i.e. total sales of a product
       in all locations
       - Sales channel, market segment end use
       - Sales parties identification.
       
       Though the message is location driven, it is conceivable that
       the recipient process the data to derive information based on
       other variables such as a specific product and all its related
       sales locations and/or addresses or periodic turnover and the
       related locations.

2.    REFERENCES

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 1.

3.    TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 2.

4.    MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1   Data Segment Clarification

       This section should be read in conjunction with the Branching
       Diagram and the Segment Table which indicate mandatory,
       conditional and repeating requirements.
       
       The following guidelines and principles apply to the whole
       message and are intended to facilitate the understanding and
       implementation of the message:
       
       All specified dates/times should be in the format
       'yymmdd'/'hhmm' unless all parties involved in the transaction
       agree that there is a functional requirement for an alternative
       format. Periods should be specified as whole numbers
       representing the required period as indicated in the format
       qualifier (weeks, months, etc.).
       
       Where a choice of code or text is given only the code element
       should be used wherever possible.
       Due to the high volume of data that will be usually transmitted
       in the Sales Data Report message, it is highly recommended to
       use codes for products and locations.
       
       Conditional data that is not required in the message should not
       be included.
       
       Care must be taken that the segment qualifier in dependent
       segments do not conflict with the segment qualifier of the
       trigger segment of a group.

4.1.1  Header section

       Information to be provided in the Header section:

0010 | UNH, Message header
       A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
       The message type code for the Sales data report message is
       SLSRPT.
       
       Note: Sales data report messages conforming to this document
       must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:

       Data element  0065 SLSRPT
                     0052 D
                     0054 95B
                     0051 UN

0020   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment by which the sender must uniquely identify the sales
       data report by means of its type and number.

0030   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment specifying general dates and, when relevant, times
       related to the whole message. The sales report preparation date
       and the sales period covered by the report must be specified
       using this segment.


0040   Segment group 1: NAD-SG2
       A group of segments identifying the parties with associated
       information.

0050      NAD, Name and address
          A segment identifying names and addresses of the parties, in
          coded or clear form, and their functions relevant to the
          sales data report. Identification of the sender of the
          report and the recipient is mandatory for the sales data
          report message. It is recommended that where possible only
          the coded form of the party ID should be specified e.g. the
          sender and receiver of the report are known to each other,
          thus only the coded ID is required, but when a new address
          might have to be clearly specified, this should be done
          preferably in structured format.


0060      Segment group 2: CTA-COM
          A group of segments giving contact details of the specific
          person or department within the party identified in the NAD
          segment.

0070         CTA, Contact information
             A segment to identify a person or department, and their
             function, to whom communications should be directed.

0080         COM, Communication contact
             A segment to identify a communications type and number
             for the contact specified in the CTA segment.


0090   Segment group 3: RFF-DTM
       A group of segments for giving references and where necessary,
       their dates, relating to the whole message e.g. contract
       number.

0100      RFF, Reference
          A segment identifying the reference by its number and where
          appropriate a line number within the document.

0110      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying the date/time related to the reference.


0120   Segment group 4: CUX-DTM
       A group of segments specifying the currencies and related
       dates/periods valid for the whole sales data report. The
       Segment Group 4 may be omitted in national applications but
       will be required for international exchanges.

0130      CUX, Currencies
          A segment identifying the currencies specified in the sales
          data report e.g. the currency in which the sales amounts or
          product prices are expressed in. A rate of exchange may be
          given to convert a reference currency into a target
          currency.

0140      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying the date/time/period related to the
          rate of exchange.

4.1.2  Detail section

       Information to be provided in the Detail section:


0150   Segment group 5: LOC-DTM-SG6-SG7
       A group of segments providing details of the location for which
       sales are being reported and the period or sub-period during
       which the sales took place. There must be at least one
       occurrence of Segment group 5 within a sales data report.

0160      LOC, Place/location identification
          A segment indicating in coded form the location to which the
          sales data being reported apply e.g. a retail outlet, a
          geographic area.

0170      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment identifying the sub-period during which the sales
          being reported occurred if different than the period
          specified in the heading section e.g. within a biweekly
          sales data report as specified in the heading section, sales
          are reported in sub-periods of one week.


0180      Segment group 6: RFF-DTM
          A group of segments giving references at an intermediate
          level relating to several lines items, e.g. an invoice,
          shipment, notification, etc.

0190         RFF, Reference
             To specify a reference.

0200         DTM, Date/time/period
             To specify date, and/or time, or period.


0210      Segment group 7: LIN-PIA-IMD-PAC-RFF-DOC-ALI-MOA-PRI-SG8
          A group of segments providing details per location and
          period of the individual products sold in terms of product
          family or group, promotional flags, total sale monetary
          amount and sale price.

0220         LIN, Line item
             A segment identifying the line item by the line number
             and configuration level, and additionally identifying the
             product or service that has been sold.

0230         PIA, Additional product id
             A segment providing either additional identification to
             the product specified in the LIN segment or providing any
             substitute product identification. In the Sales Data
             Report the PIA segment can be used when a product
             specified in LIN has to be associated with a group or
             family of products whose identity could be specified in
             PIA.

0240         IMD, Item description
             A segment for describing the product in the line item.

0250         PAC, Package
             A segment specifying the number and type of packages.

0260         RFF, Reference
             A segment for referencing documents or other numbers
             pertinent to the line item.

0270         DOC, Document/message details
             A segment identifying and providing information relating
             to documents.

0280         ALI, Additional information
             A segment indicating that the line item is subject to
             special conditions owing to origin, customs preference,
             embargo regulations or commercial factors. In the Sales
             Data Report the ALI segment can be used to specify
             promotional flags, e.g. to indicate what type of
             promotion if any was in effect when the product specified
             in LIN was sold.

0290         MOA, Monetary amount
             A segment specifying any monetary amounts relating to the
             product. For the sales data report the MOA segment can be
             used to express the total monetary amount of the product
             sold in one location for one period.

0300         PRI, Price details
             A segment to specify the price type and amount. The price
             used in the calculation of the total sales monetary
             amount will normally be the selling price.


0310         Segment group 8: QTY-MKS-NAD
             A group of segments providing split delivery sales
             parties and relevant quantities information.

0320            QTY, Quantity
                A segment identifying the product quantity, i.e.
                quantity sold.

0330            MKS, Market/sales channel information
                To identify market and sales channel details for
                products and services information.

0340            NAD, Name and address
                To specify the name/address and their related
                function, either by CO82 only and/or unstructured by
                CO58 or structured by CO80 thru 3207.

0350   UNT, Message trailer
       A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
       segments in the message and the control reference number of the
       message.

4.2   Data segment index (Alphabetical sequence by tag)

          ALI Additional information
          BGM Beginning of message
          COM Communication contact
          CTA Contact information
          CUX Currencies
          DOC Document/message details
          DTM Date/time/period
          IMD Item description
          LIN Line item
          LOC Place/location identification
          MKS Market/sales channel information
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PAC Package
          PIA Additional product id
          PRI Price details
          QTY Quantity
          RFF Reference
          UNH Message header
          UNT Message trailer

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